Detail at front bay window corner.
One of the home’s many sliding cedar shutters opens to reveal a spectacular vista.
Olson Kundig's natural and warm architectural palette combines metal, wood, and concrete, set against the blues and greens of the lush surroundings and bay.
The southern and eastern elevations are mostly left opaque to provide privacy from the nearby access road.
The Chilmark House exterior is clad in shou sugi ban siding and roofed with zinc.
Stained white-oak flooring was used throughout the interior, which help to bring the natural siding from the outdoors in.
The main entrance to the home is located opposite the door of the outbuilding.
The attention to detail extends to the design of the home's streamlined contemporary gutters.
Designed to mimic a natural gorge, the Iron Maiden House features rock-like building volumes bisected with river-like water features.
A small outdoor patio with precast concrete pavers is placed on the west side of the home to soak up the afternoon sun. The patio connects to a series of trails that lead through the forest and to the beach.
The entry is marked by a thin, cantilevered canopy hovering over the front porch.
The pitched, low-slung roofs of the kitchen and annex allude to their utilitarian function.
For Gabriel Ramirez and his partner Sarah Mason Williams, following the Sea Ranch rules—local covenants guide new designs—didn’t mean slipping into Sea Ranch clichés. The architects love Cor-Ten steel, with its ruddy and almost organic surface, and they made it the main exterior material, along with board-formed concrete and ipe wood. The Cor-Ten, which quickly turned an autumnal rust in the sea air, and the concrete, with its grain and crannies, mean the house isn’t a pristine box, Ramirez says. His Neutra house “was very crisp and clean,” he says. “This house is more distressed, more wabi-sabi.”